Inning: 1 Boston Casper Langston pitching. Mickey Blackwell strikes out. Lucky Duk strikes out. Mackey Olwine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Schoolboy Henley pitching. Steve Pechiney flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Rick Cooney grounds out to the third baseman. Shinichi Yano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Buster Houck singles to left field. Abe Nickles grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Buster Houck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jack Boak strikes out. Bill Burchart singles to left field. Coco Hurley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Armando Knauss flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Asadoor hits an infield single to the third baseman. Angel Powell strikes out. Al Jelincich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Schoolboy Henley grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Blackwell strikes out. Lucky Duk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ed Stark strikes out. Casper Langston strikes out. Steve Pechiney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Mackey Olwine strikes out. Buster Houck singles to right field. Buster Houck is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Abe Nickles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Rick Cooney strikes out. Shinichi Yano grounds out to the third baseman. Armando Knauss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Jack Boak singles to right field. Bill Burchart reached on a fielding error by Steve Pechiney. Coco Hurley walks. Schoolboy Henley strikes out. Mickey Blackwell flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Boak scores. Lucky Duk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bruce Asadoor triples. Angel Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Asadoor scores. Al Jelincich singles to left field. Ed Stark singles to center field. Al Jelincich advances to third on the hit. Casper Langston lines out to the shortstop. Steve Pechiney walks. Rick Cooney walks. Al Jelincich scores. Shinichi Yano singles past the shortstop. Ed Stark scores. Steve Pechiney scores. Rick Cooney advances to third on the hit. Guy Biscan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Armando Knauss singles to left field. Rick Cooney scores. Bruce Asadoor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Mackey Olwine strikes out. Buster Houck grounds out to the second baseman. Abe Nickles walks. Jack Boak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Angel Powell flies out to the center fielder. Al Jelincich grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Stark singles in front of the right fielder. Casper Langston singles to center field. Ed Stark advances to third on the hit. Steve Pechiney is hit by a pitch. Rick Cooney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Boston Bill Burchart strikes out. Coco Hurley flies out to the center fielder. Dario Vaughn is pinch hitting for Guy Biscan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dario Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ted Phillips pitching. Shinichi Yano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Armando Knauss strikes out. Bruce Asadoor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Mickey Blackwell strikes out. Lucky Duk walks. Gil Ferrigno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Mackey Olwine strikes out. Buster Houck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Angel Powell grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Jelincich grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Stark lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Abe Nickles walks. Jack Boak grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Burchart walks. Coco Hurley hits a home run. Bill Burchart scores. Markus Briggs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Paul Bunyon is pinch hitting for Ted Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Bunyon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Guy Biscan is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Neil Oelkers improves in endurance Pat Cairo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Hahn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Larry Doyle did not respond to coaching in range Joe Funk did not respond to coaching in range Bobo Maldonado did not respond to coaching in control Joe Funk did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mace Jackson did not respond to coaching in control Mace Jackson did not respond to coaching in control John Howarth improves in range Jim Kline improves in contact_vs_righty Sid Macias did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Cardona improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Rivera did not respond to coaching in CF